{"id":73421,"date":"2026-08-01T16:17:02","date_gmt":"2026-08-01T08:17:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=73421"},"modified":"2026-08-01T16:17:02","modified_gmt":"2026-08-01T08:17:02","slug":"family-left-traumatised-after-car-nearly-collides-with-bus-driving-against-traffic-in-woodlands-singapore-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=73421","title":{"rendered":"Family left &#8216;traumatised&#8217; after car nearly collides with bus driving against traffic in Woodlands, Singapore News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>A car driver and his family were shocked when their vehicle came face-to-face with a bus driving against traffic after allegedly making an illegal U-turn.<\/p>\n<p>The near miss occurred at the junction of Woodlands Avenue 2 and Avenue 5 past 8pm on Thursday (July 30).<\/p>\n<p>Sameem, 45, told AsiaOne that he was turning right into Avenue 5 when bus service 901 suddenly appeared in his lane.<\/p>\n<p>Fortunately, he reacted in time by slowing down, preventing a collision.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Had I not been alert, I believe I will not be here now,&#8221; the private-hire driver said, revealing that his three children and brother-in-law were in the car.<\/p>\n<p>Dashcam footage posted by Sameem on TikTok shows that service 901 had turned into Avenue 5 instead of keeping straight on Avenue 2 to reach its next stop.<\/p>\n<p>The bus then makes a U-turn and goes against the flow of traffic on Avenue 5 to turn back into Avenue 2.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"tiktok-embed\" cite=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@love1111011\/video\/7668316947041520916\" data-video-id=\"7668316947041520916\" data-embed-from=\"oembed\" style=\"max-width:605px; min-width:325px;\">\n<section> <a target=\"_blank\" title=\"@love1111011\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@love1111011?refer=embed\" rel=\"noopener\">@love1111011<\/a> <\/p>\n<p> <a target=\"_blank\" title=\"\u266c original sound - \ud835\udc02\ud835\udc0a \ud835\udc0c\ud835\udc14\ud835\udc12\ud835\udc08\ud835\udc02 \ud81a\udda4 - \ud835\udc02\ud835\udc0a \ud835\udc0c\ud835\udc14\ud835\udc12\ud835\udc08\ud835\udc02 \ud81a\udda4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/music\/original-sound-\ud835\udc02\ud835\udc0a-\ud835\udc0c\ud835\udc14\ud835\udc12\ud835\udc08\ud835\udc02-\ud81a\udda4-7650476076276534024?refer=embed\" rel=\"noopener\">\u266c original sound &#8211; \ud835\udc02\ud835\udc0a \ud835\udc0c\ud835\udc14\ud835\udc12\ud835\udc08\ud835\udc02 \ud81a\udda4 &#8211; \ud835\udc02\ud835\udc0a \ud835\udc0c\ud835\udc14\ud835\udc12\ud835\udc08\ud835\udc02 \ud81a\udda4<\/a> <\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Sameem claimed that the bus captain did not sound the horn to warn oncoming vehicles.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Had the traffic signal come earlier, and if me or a motorcycle had turned in, then it is game over. This could have endangered me and my whole family,&#8221; he told AsiaOne.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;My kids and family are traumatised by the incident.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Sameem added that his brother-in-law<strong> <\/strong>has reported the incident to bus operator SMRT and the Land Transport Authority.<\/p>\n<p>He appealed for the issue to be investigated seriously, adding that such &#8220;reckless driving&#8221; can lead to accidents.<\/p>\n<p>In response to AsiaOne&#8217;s queries, the police confirmed that a report has been lodged over the incident.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Vincent Gay, deputy managing director of SMRT Buses, confirmed to AsiaOne that the bus captain of service 901 had made a wrong turn at about 8pm and drove against the flow of traffic before attempting to return to the correct route.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;SMRT takes a serious view of this incident, as the safety of our staff, commuters and other road users is our top priority,&#8221; Gay said.<\/p>\n<p>He added that &#8220;appropriate action&#8221; will be taken against the bus captain after the conclusion of investigations.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We apologise to our commuters and other affected road users for any inconvenience caused as a result of this incident.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>[[nid:737791]]<\/p>\n<p>lim.kewei@asiaone.com<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<center><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.asiaone.com\/singapore\/bus-901-drive-against-traffic-woodlands\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><br \/>\n<center\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A car driver and his family were shocked when their vehicle came face-to-face with a bus driving against traffic after allegedly making an illegal U-turn&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":73423,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2611],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-73421","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-buzz-headlines","wpcat-2611-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73421","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=73421"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73421\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/73423"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=73421"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=73421"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=73421"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}